RPC I, 4065

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4065
Province Syria
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Hierapolis-Castabala
Reign Uncertain
Dating first century AD?
Obverse inscription
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Alexander the Great?, right
Reverse inscription ΙΕΡΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ
Reverse design veiled head of Tyche, right; before, torch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Axis 6
Reference Robert 72, no. 20
Specimens 8 (5 in the core collections)
Note Although one might otherwise expect the letter form Ɛ to be later, it occurs on coins of Philopator (3872), perhaps minted at Hierapolis.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1894,0901.2 BMC 6
2 2     P: 602
3 3     P: 603
4 4     B: 18214443, 1906 Löbbecke
5 5     NY: 1944.100.54054
6 6     Levante 1577
7 7     CGT coll.
8 8     ✸ Künker 333, 16 Mar. 2020, lot 553 (ex Gorny and Mosch 152, 2006, lot 1829)